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Thales Leonardo de Carvalho

Education

Ph.D. in Political Science

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

2022 - 2018

Visiting Graduate Student (Political Science)

University of California - San Diego

San Diego, United States

2022 - 2021

M.A. in Political Science

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

2018 - 2016

B.A. in International Relations

Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

2015 - 2011

Selected Peer-reviewed Publications

International Clientelistic Networks and International Fora: The Case of Venezuela

Accepted - Latin American Politics and Society

N/A

2022

  • With Dawisson Belém Lopes

Mind the gap: Assessing differences in methodological approaches between Brazilian and mainstream IR journals

Contexto Internacional 43(3)

N/A

2021

  • With João Paulo Gabriel and Dawisson Belém Lopes

Work in progress

The paradox of voice and action: Explaining the decline of resolutions on domestic conflict in the United Nations

Under Review

N/A

2022

  • With Luis Schenoni and Steffen Eckhard

Did the far right breed a new variety of foreign policy? The case of Bolsonaro’s “more-bark-than-bite” Brazil

Under Review

N/A

2022

  • With Dawisson Belém Lopes and Vinicius Santos

The foreign policy of the neo-patriotic far right at the United Nations General Assembly (2013-2020)

In progress

N/A

2022

  • With Camilo López Burián, José Antonio Sanahuja, and Dawisson Belém Lopes

Mobilizing resources in times of trouble: a measure of states’ resource mobilization towards international security

In progress

N/A

2022

Chapters in Edited Volumes

200 Years of International Relations in Brazil: Issues, Theories, and Methods

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies

N/A

2022

  • With Dawisson Belém Lopes and João Paulo Gabriel

Assessing multilateral defense policy diffusion in South America: the South American Defense Council unpacked

Policy Diffusion: New Constraints, New Realities. Proceedings of the II International Conference on Policy Diffusion and Development Cooperation (ebook)

N/A

2021

Press Articles

Artigo: Política externa ou campanha eleitoral por outros meios?

O Globo

Brazil

2020

  • With Dawisson Belém Lopes.

O atual contexto da política do Brasil para a China

Diário do Comércio

Brazil

2020

  • With Arthur Guimarães.

Teaching Experience

Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)

Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana (UNILA)

Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil

2020

  • Instructor of the “Qualitative Comparative Analysis” course at the Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana - UNILA (The Federal University of the Latin American Integration). Course design, lecturing, conducting seminars, and grading.

Teaching Assistant

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

2019 - 2016

  • Teaching assistant for the following courses: “Introduction to Political Analysis”, “Global Governance”, “Social Theory of Foreign Policy”, “The Geopolitics of Knowledge”, under the supervision of prof. Dawisson Belém Lopes, and “Introduction to the Democratic Theory”, and “The Modern State and the Capitalism”, supervised by prof. Felipe Nunes. Lecturing, conducting seminars, and grading.

Selected Conferences and Talks

International Security Policies in Latin America: a (Neoclassical Realist) framework for analysis

ISA Latin American and Caribbean Emerging Scholar Forum

Nashville, USA

2022

International Security Policies in Latin America: a (Neoclassical Realist) framework for analysis

International Studies Association 2022 Anual Convention

Nashville, USA

2022

International Security Policies in Latin America: a (Neoclassical Realist) framework for analysis

45º Meeting of the Brazilian National Association of Graduate Studies and Research in Social Sciences (ANPOCS)

Virtual Conference

2021

Back to the Assembly? Power Politics, Domestic Conflict, and Forum Shopping in the United Nations

8º Meeting of the Brazilian International Relations Association (ABRI)

Virtual Conference

2021

Back to the Assembly? Power Politics, Domestic Conflict, and Forum Shopping in the United Nations

7th Joint Human Rights Conference (ISA)

Virtual Conference

2021

Assessing defense cooperation in South America: How did the South American Defense Council act?

II International Conference on Policy Diffusion and Development Cooperation

Virtual Conference

2021

Política na América do Sul e possíveis desdobramentos para a segurança regional

The Air Force University (UNIFA)

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2019

Grants

Latin American Emerging Scholar Travel Grant

International Studies Association

United States

2022

Visiting Fellowship - Institutional Program for Internationalization

Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)

Brazil

2022 - 2021

  • US$16880 for a research stay in San Diego (United States).

Graduate Fellowship

Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)

Brazil

2022 - 2019

  • US$6800/year to finance Ph.D. research.

Graduate Fellowship

Minas Gerais Research Funding Foundation (FAPEMIG)

Brazil

2019 - 2018

  • US$6800/year to finance Ph.D. research.

Graduate Fellowship

Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)

Brazil

2018 - 2016

  • US$5250/year to finance Master’s research.

Membership

International Studies Association (ISA)

N/A

N/A

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Brazilian Political Science Association (ABCP)

N/A

N/A

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Brazilian Defense Studies Association (ABED)

N/A

N/A

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